Jonathan Pinto
Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior and Negotiations
Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ UK
email: j.pinto@imperial.ac.uk; tel: +44(0)207 594 8543
Education
• Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. University of
Pittsburgh, 2008
• L.L.B. University of Bombay, 1992
• M.B.A. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 1991
• Bachelor of Commerce. University of Bombay, 1988
Peer-reviewed publications
Cruz, K., & Pinto, J. Team Focus in Focus: Its Implications for Real Teams and Their
Members. Forthcoming in Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology.
Bui, H.T.M., Pinto, J., & Srivastava, A. Sexualization of the work environment and
emotional exhaustion: The case of India. Forthcoming in International Journal of
Manpower.
Pinto, J. 2019. Key to effective organizational performance management is at the
intersection of paradox theory and stakeholder theory. International Journal of
Management Reviews, 21: 185-208.
Radicic, D. & Pinto, J. 2019. Collaboration with external organizations and technological
innovations: Evidence from Spanish manufacturing firms. Sustainability 11: 1-31.
Nekovee, M. & Pinto, J. 2019. Modelling the impact of organizational structure and
whistleblowers on intra-organizational corruption contagion. Physica A 522: 339-349.
Pinto, J. 2017. A multifocal framework for developing intentionally sustainable
organizations. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 28: 17-23.
• Schematic from my paper chosen as cover illustration for the Special Issue
Pinto, J. 2017. Viewing team selection through a temporal lens. Organizational Psychology
Review 7(2): 171-194.
Pinto, J. 2016. “Wow! That’s so cool!” The Icehotel as an organizational trope. Human
Relations 69(4): 891-914.
• Chosen by Special Issue Editors as the lead article
• Chosen by the Journal Editors as one of the top articles published in Human
Relations in 2016
Pinto, J. 2014. Entrepreneurs’ cognitive biases and heuristics in entrepreneurial team
recruitment. Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management.

Pinto, J. 2013. Expanding the content domain of workplace aggression: A three-level
aggressor-target taxonomy. International Journal of Management Reviews, 16(1): 290-
313.
Stein, M., & Pinto, J. 2011. The dark side of groups: A gang-at-work in Enron. Group &
Organization Management, 36(6): 692-721.
• Best Micro Paper 2011 in Group and Organization Management
Pinto, J. & Stacey, P. 2010. What’s in a name? Just the essence of one’s professional
identity. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 3: 277-280.
Beenen, G., & Pinto, J. 2009. Resisting an organizational-level corruption epidemic: An
interview with Enron whistle-blower Sherron Watkins. Academy of Management Learning
& Education, 8(2): 275-289.
Pinto, J., Leana, C.K., & Pil, F.K. 2008. Corrupt organizations or organizations of corrupt
individuals? Two organizational-level corruption phenomena. Academy of Management
Review, 33(3): 685-709.
• Lead article in Special Topic Forum
Invited Book Chapter
Pinto, J. “Organization-level Corruption” in English for the German-language book “Was
ist Korruption?” (2nd Edition), Tanja Rabl and Peter Graeff (Eds.).
Invited Presentations
Pinto, J. “Jugaad Innovation: A double-edged sword?” Plenary address at the Nordic-India
Business Conference, October 25-26, 2018.
Pinto, J. “Developing Resilient Organizations” at a symposium on “Learning and
Innovation in Resilient Systems”, at the Open University, Heerlen, Holland, March 23-24,
2017.
Pinto, J. “The Failures of Regulation and Self-Regulation: How to Analyze and Prevent
Corporate Crime?” at the Max Weber Institute of Sociology, in Heidelberg, Germany,
December 8-10, 2016.
Conference Presentations
Pinto, J. 2018. The dark side of ‘Jugaad’: Creative, Justified Corruption. 2nd Annual
Conference of the Aston India Centre for Applied Research, Birmingham, UK.
Cruz, K.S., & Pinto, J. 2018. Team focus in focus: Its implications for real world teams and
their members. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL.
De Silva, M., & Pinto, J. 2018. The motivation and decision-making approaches of
resource-constrained entrepreneurial academics. Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Management, Chicago, IL.
Pinto, J. 2018. Introducing paradoxical-by-design organizations (PbDO). Annual
Colloquium of the European Group for Organization Studies, Tallinn, Estonia.
Pinto, J. 2017. Two faces of organizational corruption: Volkswagen (Corrupt Organization)
and the UK Parliament (Organization of Corrupt Individuals). Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA.
Pinto, J. 2017. The Icehotel: A ‘good organization’ that integrates paradigms by enshrining
paradoxes. Annual Colloquium of the European Group for Organization Studies,
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Emery, C., German, H.C., & Pinto, J. 2016. A follower perspective on the formation of
shared leadership. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA.
Pinto, J., Bui, H.T.M., Srivastava, A., & Nguyen, T. 2015. Moderators of the relationship
between turnover intentions and performance. Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Management, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Emery, C., German, H.C., Booth, J.E., & Pinto, J. 2015. Building leadership: A follower
perspective on the formation of leadership networks. European Association of Work and
Organizational Psychology Congress, Oslo, Norway.
Pinto, J. 2014. Complementing ‘workplace aggression’ with ‘work-life aggression’. Annual
Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.
Pinto, J. 2014. Entrepreneurs’ cognitive biases and heuristics in entrepreneurial team
recruitment. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.
Bui, H.T.M., Pinto, J. & Srivastava, A. 2014. Antecedents of sexualized work environment
and their relationship with emotional exhaustion. Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Management, Philadelphia, PA.
Cruz, K. & Pinto, J. 2013. Team focus and team member deviance: The mediating role of
action identification. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Orlando, FL.
Pinto, J. 2012. Do team leaders really look for chemistry? Perhaps not! Annual Meeting of
the Academy of Management, Boston, MA.
Pinto, J. & Nekovee, M. 2011. Modeling corruption contagion in organizations. Annual
Meeting of the Academy of Management, San Antonio, TX.
Pinto, J. & Surachaikulwattana, P. 2011. Exploring organizational form and organization
design in the context of the British Academic Health Science Centers. Annual Meeting of
the Academy of Management, San Antonio, TX.
Pinto, J. 2010. Relational bias in team formation. Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Management, Montreal, Canada.
Pinto, J. & Butler, B.S. 2010. Career impact of scientists’ knowledge creation strategies.
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada.
Pinto, J. & Opsahl, T. 2010. Interdependence, risk, and relational hiring. 4th Annual
conference on “Cultural Production in a Global Context: The Worldwide Film
Industries”, Grenoble, France.
Pinto, J. 2007. How do team leaders choose team members? Two exploratory studies.
Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, New York,
NY.
Pinto, J. 2007. Are there patterns in film-makers’ choice of working with the same
individuals again? A cross-national study. Stern (NYU) Mini-conference on “Cultural
Production in a Global Context: The Worldwide Film Industries”, New York, NY.
Pinto, J. 2006. A social network approach to leaders’ team-member selection decisions.
Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.
Pinto, J. 2005. Network archetypes and performance. Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Management, Honolulu, HI.
Pinto, J. 2005. Composing for improvising: How group composition impacts performance.
Annual Meeting of the Mid-West Academy of Management, Chicago, IL.
Doctoral Student Supervision
Primary Supervisor:
Linghe Lei – 1st year.
Panita Surachaikulwattana, graduated 2014, now Lecturer, School of Business, University of the
Thai Chamber of Commerce.
Co-supervisor:
Xuchang Zheng, graduated 2018.
Hae-Kyung Shin, graduated 2016.
Gunyawee Teethakananont, graduated 2014.
Teaching
Developed and delivered (2013-15) “Readings in Organizational Behaviour” Ph.D. seminar.
Developed and delivered (2015-16, 2018) “Readings in Organizational Behaviour” Masters in
Research seminar.
Developed and delivered (2008-16) “Organizational Behaviour” MBA core module.
Developed and delivered (2008-to present) “Managing Negotiations” MBA elective.
Developed and delivered (2015-to present) “Managing Negotiations” Online MBA elective.
Developed and delivered (2016-to present) “Managing Negotiations” mini-elective (2 streams),
M.Sc. in Strategic Marketing.
Honors and Awards
Research
Manuscript selected as lead article for the prestigious “Beyond Morgan’s Metaphors”
Special Issue, Human Relations May, 2016 and chosen as one of the top articles of 2016
published in Human Relations, by the journal’s Editors.
Best Micro Paper 2011 published in Group & Organization Management.
Top Poster (Top 3% of posters submitted). Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial
and Organizational Psychology, 2007.
Teaching
Nominated for the College-wide Student Academic Choice Award (SACA) for Best
Teaching for Taught Postgraduates, 2019.
Nominated for the College-wide Student Academic Choice Award (SACA) for Best
Teaching for Taught Postgraduates, 2016.
Teaching Excellence Award for MBA Core Module Teaching, 2015.
Nominated for the College-wide Student Academic Choice Award (SACA) for Best
Teaching for Taught Postgraduates, 2015.
Dean’s Teaching Award for Overall Best Scores in Multiple Courses, 2014.
Teaching Honours List, Imperial College Business School, 2012-13.
Teaching Honours List, Imperial College Business School, 2011-12.
Star Teacher Award, Imperial College Business School, 2010-11.
Star Teacher Award, Imperial College Business School, 2009-10.
Teaching Honours List, Imperial College Business School, 2008-09.
Reviewing
Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Organizational Behaviour Division, Annual Meeting
of the Academy of Management, 2011.
Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Organizational Behaviour Division, Annual Meeting
of the Academy of Management, 2010.
Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Organizational Behaviour Division, Annual Meeting
of the Academy of Management, 2007.
Above and Beyond the Call of Duty (ABCD) Award from the Organization and
Management Theory (OMT) Division, for being in the Top 3% in terms of quality of
reviews, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2005.
Professional Service Activities
Editorial roles
Associate Editor, January 2016 to date, International Journal of Management Reviews.
Editorial Board Member, 2012 to date, Group & Organizational Management.
Editorial Board Member, 2015 to date, European Management Journal.
Awards committees
Member, Best Paper Award Committee for the Management Education & Development
Division, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2017.
Member, Outstanding Publication in Organizational Behaviour Award Committee, for the
OB Division, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2011.
Member, Best Symposium Award Committee for the OB Division, Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Management, 2010.
Member, Best Micro Paper for 2012 (in Group & Organizational Management) Committee.
Member, OMT Best Paper Award Committee, 2005-2007.
External Examining
External Examiner, MSc in Engineering Business Management, October 2017 to date,
School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex.
External Examiner, MBA/EMBA programs, 2012 to date, Cass Business School, City
University London.
Doctoral Dissertation External Examiner for the following:
- City University London, for both
o Cass Business School and
o Department of Psychology
- University of Wollongong.
Reviewing
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal,
Organization Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of
Business Ethics, MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, Small
Group Research, International Journal of Management Reviews, Business Ethics Quarterly,
Group Dynamics, European Management Journal, and Canadian Journal of Administrative
Sciences, among others.
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management (OB, OMT, SIM,
ENT, and IMD divisions), and for Southern Management Association (SMA) of the
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2005.
Facilitated a Professional Development Workshop for Early Career Researchers on
“Learning to Review” at the British Academy of Management annual meeting, 2015.
Facilitated a Professional Development Workshop for Early Career Researchers on
“Learning to Review” at the British Academy of Management annual meeting, 2014.
Professional Experience
• Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior and Negotiations, September 2017 to date,
Imperial College Business School.
• Assistant Professor in Organizational Behaviour, 2008-2017, Imperial College Business
School.
• Visiting Faculty, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and Mohali.
• Visiting Faculty, London Business School, London.
• Teaching Fellow, 2006-08, College of Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh.
• Graduate Student Research Assistant, 2003-07, Katz Graduate School of Business.
• Founder, Beyond Consulting, 1999-2003, a boutique managing consulting firm.
• Human Resources Manager and Divisional Head, 1996-99, Clarion Advertising.
• Senior Consultant, 1993-96, Andersen Consulting (India).
• Human Resources Executive, 1991-93, Procter & Gamble (India).
Academic Affiliations
• Academy of Management.
• American Psychological Association, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Division.
• British Academy of Management.